WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue Wrestling program released its official out of conference schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season on Wednesday afternoon, featuring seven duals and two tournament trips.
Head coach Tony Ersland's program will have to be road warriors this year, with all seven of the team's non-conference events happening away from home. The Boilermakers will kick off their season with their second trip to North Carolina in as many years to take on Gardner-Webb on November 1.
It will be Purdue's first matchup against the Runnin' Bulldogs since 2011 and the fourth all-time. In a historical anomaly, the Boilers won the most recent dual 48-(-1) thanks to four pins, a tech fall, and a deducted team point from Gardner-Webb.
The next trip on the calendar will be to the Tiger Style Invite hosted by Missouri in Kansas City, Mo, on November 9. The program will be making its first appearance in the tournament's third year. Boilermaker wrestlers took eight medals from their non-conference opens last season.
Ersland and company follow up the tournament trip with a pair of back-to-back tri-dual meets. The first will take the team to upstate New York to face Buffalo and Army on November 17. In the following week, the Boilers travel south to dual with Chattanooga and Princeton on November 23 in a meet hosted by the Mocs. Purdue holds a 17-3 combined record against those four opponents with the only losses coming against the Black Knights.
The first weekend of December will once again see the Boilermakers head out to the desert for the annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. The program's 18th appearance in the vaunted tournament, Purdue has earned 49 placewinners and four champions in that span. Last season, Matt Ramos claimed his third straight Cliff Keen medal and could become the first wrestler in program history to place four times.
The Boilers will then bookend the new year with two quick trips across the Ohio border for duals at Cleveland State (Dec. 18) and Kent State (Jan. 3). Purdue has won nine straight against the Vikings and is 6-3 all-time against the Golden Flashes.
Big Ten schedules are expected to be released in September, unveiling Purdue's eight conference opponents. This season's Big Ten tournament will be a quick drive up I-65 for the Boilermaker faithful as Northwestern plays host in Evanston, Ill.
2024-25 Non-Conference Schedule
Gardner-Webb: Nov. 1 / Boiling Springs, N.C.
Tiger Style Invite: Nov. 9 / Kansas City, Mo.
Buffalo & Army: Nov. 17 / Buffalo, N.Y.
Chattanooga & Princeton: Nov. 23 / Chattanooga, Tenn.
Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite: Dec. 6-7 / Las Vegas, Nev.
Cleveland State: Dec. 18 / Cleveland, Ohio
Kent State: Jan. 3 / Kent, Ohio
Head coach Tony Ersland's program will have to be road warriors this year, with all seven of the team's non-conference events happening away from home. The Boilermakers will kick off their season with their second trip to North Carolina in as many years to take on Gardner-Webb on November 1.
It will be Purdue's first matchup against the Runnin' Bulldogs since 2011 and the fourth all-time. In a historical anomaly, the Boilers won the most recent dual 48-(-1) thanks to four pins, a tech fall, and a deducted team point from Gardner-Webb.
The next trip on the calendar will be to the Tiger Style Invite hosted by Missouri in Kansas City, Mo, on November 9. The program will be making its first appearance in the tournament's third year. Boilermaker wrestlers took eight medals from their non-conference opens last season.
Ersland and company follow up the tournament trip with a pair of back-to-back tri-dual meets. The first will take the team to upstate New York to face Buffalo and Army on November 17. In the following week, the Boilers travel south to dual with Chattanooga and Princeton on November 23 in a meet hosted by the Mocs. Purdue holds a 17-3 combined record against those four opponents with the only losses coming against the Black Knights.
The first weekend of December will once again see the Boilermakers head out to the desert for the annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. The program's 18th appearance in the vaunted tournament, Purdue has earned 49 placewinners and four champions in that span. Last season, Matt Ramos claimed his third straight Cliff Keen medal and could become the first wrestler in program history to place four times.
The Boilers will then bookend the new year with two quick trips across the Ohio border for duals at Cleveland State (Dec. 18) and Kent State (Jan. 3). Purdue has won nine straight against the Vikings and is 6-3 all-time against the Golden Flashes.
Big Ten schedules are expected to be released in September, unveiling Purdue's eight conference opponents. This season's Big Ten tournament will be a quick drive up I-65 for the Boilermaker faithful as Northwestern plays host in Evanston, Ill.
2024-25 Non-Conference Schedule
Gardner-Webb: Nov. 1 / Boiling Springs, N.C.
Tiger Style Invite: Nov. 9 / Kansas City, Mo.
Buffalo & Army: Nov. 17 / Buffalo, N.Y.
Chattanooga & Princeton: Nov. 23 / Chattanooga, Tenn.
Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite: Dec. 6-7 / Las Vegas, Nev.
Cleveland State: Dec. 18 / Cleveland, Ohio
Kent State: Jan. 3 / Kent, Ohio